Now Open: Shopwise Cebu

Malls are sprouting fast in Metro Cebu due to public needs. A lot of stores are opening but only a few sell really low cost products. This is why we are very happy that Shopwise has come to Cebu.

Shopwise Cebu is owned and operated by Rustan Supercenters, Inc. (RSCI), a member of the Rustan Group of Companies, which also runs the Rustan's chain of supermarkets. Shopwise Cebu is located along N. Bacalso Avenue, Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City and is open daily from 8:00 a.m. – 10 p.m. The Cebu branch is Shopwise’s second branch outside Manila and its first branch outside the National Capital Region. It is the 10^th branch to date.

Franchise Asia 2011

Philippine Franchise Association, the voice of Philippine franchising invites you to join Franchise Asia 2011 bannered under the theme "Asia to the World, the World to Asia".

43 Countries . 6 Continents

Asia - Africa - Australia - Europe - North America - South America

Ayala Center Cebu Intensifies Think Pink Campaign

October is the International Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In line with the occasion, Ayala Center Cebu continues to promote a holistic lifestyle through "Pink of Health" campaign. The mall intensifies its cancer-awareness program by packing the whole month of October with health and wellness events and partnering organizations, corporations and major companies.

Ayala Center Cebu continues to award its loyal costumers with affordable, healthy and environment-friendly activities. For this month, a variety of events are set to encourage shoppers to make a mark.

The Philippine Society of Medical Oncology (PSMO), I Can Serve Foundation, RC Cebu Fuente and RC Gloria Maris launched Think Pink 2010 with Pink Chat; an informative discussion on health, wellness and cancer prevention last October 1, 2010 in Ayala's Paseo Marina.

Ayala Center Cebu's Think Pink Events 

Think Pink Press Conference

•  October 1 - 4pm - Paseo Marina - A kick off of the Think Pink events and the Look Good Feel Good Campaign by Rustan's.

Pink Run

• October 3 - 5am - around CBP - A fun run for health and well-being with three distance categories: 3km, 5km, and 10km and will culminate at the Terraces.
  

Pink Hair Share

• October 9 - 4pm - Activity Center - For a minimum purchase amount from any ACC outlet plus a Php 50.00 donation to I Can Serve Foundation, shoppers get a stylish hair cut from some of the country's top hair sylists and from ACC's participating salons and parlors.

1st Celebrity Pink Auction

• October 8-18 - Paseo Marina - A Cary Santiago Gown, Joanna Lhuillier Bag, Eric Pe Benito Item, signed jersey and basketball of Dondon Hontiveros and other precious items are on the line for the interested bidders.

Everything Pink! Exhibit

• October 15 – 24 – the Rotunda Area – Accessories, dresses, furniture, cars, cakes, gadgets, and sports apparels in all shades of pink will flood the area in a showcase of the best pink products and wellness services.

Pink Glamour for Kids 

• October 17 – 10am – 7pm – Activity Center – Kids get free nail art, hair braid, and do exciting crafts by presenting a minimum receipt and one hundred peso donation to get a pass. A Kids Fashion Show culminates this activity.

Pink Cocktails & Concert by Nina

• October 22 – 7pm – The Terraces – Sumptuous food and entertainment by the country's soul siren to raise funds for cancer foundations.

Moon Walk

• October 23 – 5pm – The Terraces –The Pink trail will start at the Terraces and will end at The Walk in Asia Town I.T. Park.

Think Pink 2010 ends with a bang as Think Pink Rocks marks the culmination of the month-long celebration at the Open Parking across The Walk at 7:00 pm with Cebu's top bands and musical acts that will surely rock the night away.

Be in the Pink Health and make a mark! Live healthy and feel as good as you look. Join the millions of people who shift into the Pink Lifestyle.

Participate in any of the events prepared by Ayala Center Cebu for all the members of your family. Event proceeds will help raise awareness and subsidize medical care for women with breast cancer.

First Tripple-Sim Mobile Phone: Torque Trinity TQ800

Tired of bringing three different mobile phones in your pocket / bag everywhere you go? Worry no more! Make space in your place for the Philippines' first ever Triple-Sim-Triple-Standby mobile phone- Torque Trinity TQ800!

Say goodbye to your single-sim-holder phones for this handset allows you to use three different service providers (even landline-sim card providers) in one full-featured device.

Aside from being able to run and hold three sims at a time, TQ800 is beautifully crafted with QWERTY Keypad that lets you type in text faster than the multiple-keypad phones. It has a trackball for easy navigation. Also, It has a built-in motion sensor that avoids loss of phone possession. Other specifications below

Memory

3,000 Phonebook Memory

Micro-SD (up to 4GB)

Connectivity

WiFi

Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP

Entertainment

Mobile TV (with recording)

Wireless FM (with recording)

Physical Look

Large 2.46″ 262K Color QVGA LCD Display
2.0 MP Camera

Moreover with the ones listed above, TQ800 can view documents (Word & Excel). It can open and look over Google Maps. Yup! JAVA / WAP 2.0 / GPRS / SMS / MMS can all be worked and done in the phone- most importantly, the black chic is Quadband GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz! 

The mobile phone is perfect for travelers and professionals. It allows one to do so many things in one handy medium.

Purchase of gadget includes

• Unit
• 2x Battery
• AC Adapter
• 3.5mm Wired Headset.

Warranty

• 12 months for handset, 6 months for accessories
• NTC Type Approved

Torque Trinity TQ800 is exclusively distributed by Topstrasse Global Inc.. It is available in all leading phone distributors nationwide and is sold for a reasonable price of Php6,499.00! When you buy one, you'll get a free Torque BT-11 Bluetooth Headset.

Personally, I want to have my very own  Torque Trinity TQ800. Christmas is fast approaching. Surprise me okay? LOL.

With the advent of tripple sim cellular phones in the market, it's not impossible that a day would come; no one would own a single-sim-holder phone. Torque Trinity TQ800 is really nice. All in all, there is one thing that we should think over and test. One phrase, actually: Battery life. Yea, battery life.

Plantersbank Promotes SME Ethics

Plantersbank is the largest privately-owned and managed development bank in the country. It has a total of over Php 50 Billion assests offering banking products, services and business solutions geared towards promoting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

The bank, better known as The SME Bank, tours to cities nationwide every year to gather and help their clients abreast cutting edge ideas in management and entrepreneurship. It invites renowned motivational speakers to orient its people. This is what they call the 'SME Speaker Series'.

Last Thursday, August 26, 2010, the Cebu leg of the Plantersbank SME Speaker Series conducted this year's second talk at the City Sports Club, Cebu Business Park. Its guest lecturer was one of the country's most sought-after motivational speaker, Anthony N. Pangilinan. 

He talked about the importance of business values and how it can be a big factor in helping businesses achieve greater productivity and financial gains, thus the theme, "SME Ethics: Adding Values to your Business".

I learned a lot from the talk despite listening to the speaker while  jotting down notes about the event. Several trivias and touching quotations of famous personalities were told. Questions were raised and mind enriching business information were shared by Mr. Pangilinan. There are so many things in a business that you should take note of that I realized. I will soon apply it all in my dream business when I get the time to do it so.